Four women sexually assaulted by police officer

PC Ryan Busby has been suspended from duty

A Sussex Police officer sexually assaulted four women at an event, a court has heard.

PC Ryan Busby, 25, admitted four counts of sexual assault by touching at Guildford Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.

Busby assaulted the women, all of whom were known to him, while off duty at a social event on 20 December last year, the court was told.

The officer, who is suspended from duty, was released on bail and will be sentenced at Staines Magistrates' Court on 29 September.

Sussex Police said it referred the matter to the Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) when it received reports of the offences.

The IOPC ordered an investigation into the offences.

The Crown Prosecution Service then authorised for Busby to be charged once the investigation had concluded.

The force said it will now continue with misconduct proceedings against Busby.